Merle Haggard

The ^C Blood Red Sun Beat Down And ^F Baked The Red Clay Ground
^G7 Dust Kicked Up Around His John Deere ^C Wheels
No Trace Of Rain In Sight A- ^F gain He'll Lose The Fight
And ^G7 Have To Watch His Crops Die In The ^C Fields
They Stood There Both In Tears --- His ^F Wife Of Many Years
Said ^G7 John You Know I Hate To Lose Our ^C Farm
He Looked Into Her Eyes Then ^F Looked Up At The Skies
And ^G7 Told Her As He Held Her In His ^C Arms ^G7
Chorus:
In My ^C Next Life I Want To Be Your ^F Hero
Somethin' ^G7 Better Than I Turned Out To ^C Be ^G7
I've Lived ^C This Life Behind The ^C7 Plough And ^F Hay Row
In My ^G7 Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of ^C Me ^{C F F G7 G7}
The ^C Muscles In His Arms Just ^F Like His Run Down Farm
Soon ^G7 Withered And Slowly Disap- ^C peared
One Hard Workin' Man --- ^F Two Hard Workin' Hands
Were ^G7 Givin' Up After All These ^C Years ^G7
His ^C Aging Eyes Grew Dim And The ^F Lady That Worshipped Him
Sat ^G7 Cryin' On A Chair Beside His ^C Bed
Her Hands Caressed His Brow And She ^F Said It's Alright Now
And ^G7 As He Slowly Slipped Away He ^C Said ^G7
In My ^C Next Life I Want To Be Your ^F Hero
Somethin' ^G7 Better Than I Turned Out To ^C Be ^G7
I've Lived ^C This Life Behind The ^C7 Plough And ^F Hay Row
In My ^G7 Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of ^C Me ^A7
In My ^D Next Life I Want To Be Your ^G Hero
Somethin' ^A7 Better Than I Turned Out To ^D Be ^A7
I've Lived ^D This Life Behind The ^D7 Plough And ^G Hay Row
In My ^A7 Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of ^D Me
A7 D (D - A7 - D - Stop)
In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me